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Thread ID: 10686 | Posts: 17 | Started: 2003-10-23
2003-10-23 17:13 | User Profile
[url]www.ardemgaz.com/WebExtras/Show.asp?ID=1453[/url]
[SIZE=4][COLOR=Red][B]Government arrests illegal immigrants at Wal-Mart stores[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]
WASHINGTON (AP) ââ¬â Federal officials arrested more than 300 illegal workers at 61 Wal-Mart stores - including Arkansas - early this morning and searched the Bentonville, Ark., office of one of the retail chainââ¬â¢s corporate executives. The workers arrested were members of cleaning crews the company hired through a contractor. All were people in the country illegally, said a federal official on condition of anonymity. The arrests occurred as the workers were finishing their night shift and took place at 61 stores in 21 states. The people arrested were detained at local immigration offices, the official said. If they had no previous criminal record, they were released with notices to appear before immigration judges.
Arrests were made in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. The arrests stem from a November 1998 investigation done in conjunction with the Pennsylvania attorney generalââ¬â¢s office. In that investigation, officials also targeted contractors and subcontractors used by Wal-Mart to clean stores. Employers are required to check forms known as I-9ââ¬â¢s, filled out by every new employee, and keep the forms for a specified period of time. An employer can face civil and criminal penalties if the employer knowingly hired illegal immigrants or doesnââ¬â¢t comply with the I-9 regulations.
Read tomorrowââ¬â¢s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
Thank you for coming to the Web site of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. We're working to keep you informed with the latest breaking news.
2003-10-24 08:57 | User Profile
All of the aliens apprehended, as I understand, are Eastern Europeans. Not surprising, though...
2003-10-24 12:06 | User Profile
[QUOTE=JAT]All of the aliens apprehended, as I understand, are Eastern Europeans. Not surprising, though...[/QUOTE]
Absolutely right, JAT:
[url]http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=1896&u=/nm/20031023/us_nm/retail_walmart_arrests_dc_7&printer=1[/url]
The INS has just spent who knows how many hundreds of thousands of your dollars to round up 300 White illegals from Eastern Europe, while the mestizo flood continues with the full blessing of the Imperium.
2003-10-24 14:44 | User Profile
Now I know why it took 5 years to net about 300... they were looking for illegal [B]white[/B] immigrants. S
2003-10-24 15:29 | User Profile
If a state doesnt have hard measures to stop illegal immigrants, there cannot be any real success, especially not if you just catch white immigrants.
Well in the South they need the cheap workers...so in your Plutocracy you do not really believe they will do anything more than they do as long as the rich dont have to pay more taxes for the poor or they want the same money for their work as whites? Or do you?
2003-10-24 15:43 | User Profile
All of the aliens apprehended, as I understand, are Eastern Europeans. Not surprising, though...
You have got to be f***ing kidding me.
Bush appears to be "doing something" about the illegal immigration, yet doesn't piss off the latrinos.
I smell Karl Rove's foul stench all over this one, and I can only hope the ploy is too transparent to save Bush's ass come 11/04, but then again, "nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people."
Disgusting. :thumbd:
2003-10-24 17:43 | User Profile
Looking at the list of states where these arrests were made, it looks like they couldn't find a single illegal alien in all of California.
2003-10-25 00:58 | User Profile
[url]http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20031024_1531.html[/url]
[SIZE=7]Wal-Mart to Review All 1.1M U.S. Workers[/SIZE]
Wal-Mart to Review All 1.1 Million U.S. Employees After Allegations It Knew of Illegal Workers
[IMG]http://eimg.net/harvest_inc/NEWS/img/SA10210231851.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=Arial]Shoppers walk towards the entrance of Wal-Mart in San Antonio, Thursday afternoon, Oct. 23, 2003. Nearly three dozen undocumented workers were arrested early Thursday in federal raids on Wal-Mart stores around Texas, according to immigration officials. The Houston area yielded 13 of the arrests, while another 11 occurred in the Dallas area and nine more in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)[/FONT]
LITTLE ROCK Oct. 24 ââ¬â Wal-Mart Stores Inc., stung by allegations that it knew contract cleaning services used illegal workers, said Friday it would review all of its 1.1 million U.S. workers and fire any that aren't legally employed. The move came a day after federal agents arrested 245 illegal workers in a 21-state sweep of 60 Wal-Mart stores and the company's headquarters.
Law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity that they gathered recordings from wiretaps that indicate Wal-Mart executives knew the company's subcontractors used illegal workers.
Though contract cleaning crews were the focus of the sweep, Wal-Mart spokeswoman Mona Williams said Friday that about 10 Wal-Mart associates in Arizona and Kentucky were among those arrested.
"These are people who used to be part of the outside cleaning crew, and when we took that in-house, these folks were simply hired on as employees," Williams said. "They got caught up in the immigration sweep."
Wal-Mart began moving toward using its own workers to clean floors at its stores about a year ago.
John Shewairy, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Washington, D.C., would not reveal the names of companies that contracted with Wal-Mart. Williams, citing privacy issues, said Wal-Mart would not name the companies either.
Shewairy did say the workers came from 18 nations and included 90 people from Mexico, 35 from the Czech Republic, 22 from Mongolia and 20 from Brazil. The government initially said it had arrested about 300 people, but Shewairy said Friday the number turned out to be lower.
Wal-Mart, the largest private employer in the United States, pledged to cooperate with investigators.
The company instructed store managers Thursday to preserve all relevant documents in case immigration agents want to review them. Agents left with several boxes after searching the office of a mid-level executive at Wal-Mart's Bentonville headquarters.
Williams said Friday that Wal-Mart has still not heard from the government that it is a target of an investigation. "No one at Wal-Mart has been subpoenaed," she said.
"We are doing a very thorough investigation with our own stores so we understand what happened and make sure that if we need to take pro-active, corrective steps, we will do that," she said. "If we find workers that are undocumented we would terminate them immediately."
The law enforcement sources said the investigation grew out of earlier probes of Wal-Mart cleaning crew contractors in 1998 and 2001.
Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, uses more than 100 third-party contractors to clean more than 700 stores nationwide, Williams said.
Maria Stephenson, an immigration lawyer in New Orleans, said a company hiring a subcontractor would not likely be held responsible if the subcontractor hired illegal aliens. She also said a company does not have to verify a prospective worker's documents.
"You don't have to call the (Department of Motor Vehicles) and verify that this person actually has a driver's license," she said.
Shewairy said the immigration agency does routine audits of companies throughout the country, checking I-9 forms that each U.S. worker is required to fill out.
"When there is information that companies employ illegal aliens, we initiate our investigations," Shewairy said. An employer can face civil and criminal penalties for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants or failing to comply with the I-9 regulations.
Shares in Wal-Mart fell 59 cents to close at $58.11 in trading Friday on the New York Stock Exchange.
Wal-Mart is not the first big company to be targeted in an immigration investigation. Six managers at Tyson Foods in Springdale, one town away from Wal-Mart in Bentonville, were charged in an immigrant-smuggling case in 2001.
One defendant shot himself to death a few months after being charged, and two managers entered guilty pleas early in the case. A jury acquitted the poultry company and three other managers.
2003-10-25 01:01 | User Profile
[url]www.thedesertsun.com/news/stories2003/national/20031024030401.shtml[/url]
300 arrested at Wal-Mart stores for immigration violations Company allegedly knew of illegal practices by some outside contractors
The Associated Press October 24th, 2003
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Federal agents raided Wal-Martââ¬â¢s headquarters and 60 of its stores across the country Thursday, arresting more than 300 illegal workers in an immigration crackdown at the worldââ¬â¢s biggest retailer.
The workers were members of cleaning crews hired by outside contractors, but federal law enforcement officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity said Wal-Mart had direct knowledge of the immigration violations. They cited recordings of meetings and conversations among Wal-Mart executives, managers and contractors.
"We have seen no evidence of this from the INS, and, if that turns out to be true, we will cooperate fully with law enforcement officials," Wal-Mart spokes-woman Mona Williams said.
Arrests: The workers were arrested as they finished their night shifts at Wal-Mart stores in 21 states. Agents also hauled away several boxes of documents from an executiveââ¬â¢s office at Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville.
An employer can face civil and criminal penalties for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants or failing to comply with certain employee record-keeping regulations.
Wal-Mart Stores had sales last year of $244.5 billion. The company has about 1.1 million employees in the United States, and it uses more than 100 third-party contractors to clean more than 700 stores nationwide, Williams said.
"We require each of these contractors to use only legal workers," she said.
The law enforcement sources said the investigation grew out of earlier probes of Wal-Mart cleaning crew contractors in 1998 and 2001.
All the arrested workers were in the country illegally, said Garrison Courtney, a spokesman with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They were detained at local immigration offices. Those who had no criminal record were released with instructions to appear before immigration judges.
Investigations: Wal-Mart is not the first big company to be targeted in an immigration investigation. Six managers at Tyson Foods, based one town away from Wal-Mart in Springdale, were charged in an immigrant-smuggling case in 2001.
One defendant shot himself to death a few months after being charged, and two managers entered guilty pleas early in the case. A jury acquitted the poultry company and three other managers.
Ulysses A. Yannas, an analyst with the investment firm Buckman, Buckman and Reid, said it is too much to expect Wal-Mart to keep track of all of its vendorsââ¬â¢ workers. But he said the investigation could present a problem for the company.
"It is a question of what else it might bring out. These are long, drawn-out processes," Yannas said.
Top Wal-Mart officials learned of Thursdayââ¬â¢s sweep when store managers began calling headquarters for guidance in dealing with the raids.
Courtney said agents searched the office of one of Wal-Martââ¬â¢s executives. Williams, the spokeswoman, said they spent several hours in the office of a "mid-level manager" at Wal-Martââ¬â¢s headquarters and carried away several boxes of paperwork.
She said she did not know if any other Wal-Mart administrative offices were searched.
The arrests were made at stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
In trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Wal-Mart shares rose 46 cents to close at $58.70.
Store locations Wal-Mart stores where law enforcement officials arrested undocumented workers in Thursday morning raids according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement: [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman] Valley, Ala. Conway, Ark. Berryville, Ark. Forrest City, Ark. Benton, Ark. Hot Springs, Ark. Stuttgart, Ark. Surprise, Ariz. Mesa, Ariz. Shelton, Conn. Seaford, Del. New Castle, Del. Louisville, Ky. Shelbyville, Ky. Danvers, Mass. Northborough, Mass. Mount Airy, Md. Catonsville, Md. Traverse City, Mich. Coldwater, Mich. Raleigh, N.C. Cary, N.C. Clinton, N.C. Randleman, N.C. Manchester, N.H. Littleton, N.H. Salem, N.H. Bedford, N.H. Union, N.J. Old Bridge, N.J. Centereach, N.Y. Mohegan Lake, N.Y. Rotterdam, N.Y. Glenville, N.Y. Amsterdam, N.Y. Ticonderoga, N.Y. Beavercreek, Ohio North Olmstead, Ohio Edmund, Okla. Oklahoma City East Stroudsburg, Pa. Mount Pocono, Pa. Myrtle Beach, S.C. Columbia, S.C. Sevierville, Tenn. Pasadena, Texas Missouri City, Texas Dallas San Antonio (2 locations) Cleburne, Texas Lynchburg, Va. Winchester, Va. Madison Heights, Va. Culpepper, Va. Sterling, Va. Harrisonburg, Va. Lexington, Va. Richmond, Va. Parkersburg, W.Va. [/FONT][/SIZE]
2003-10-25 01:05 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Happy Hacker]Looking at the list of states where these arrests were made, it looks like they couldn't find a single illegal alien in all of California.[/QUOTE]
Apparently, greasy mestizo illegals are protected species.
2003-10-25 01:18 | User Profile
There were 90 mexicans, but you missed the post right above the state list post.
Here it is: [url]http://forums.originaldissent.com/showthread.php?p=63749#post63749post63749[/url]
Wal-Mart to Review All 1.1M U.S. Workers
2003-10-25 01:51 | User Profile
Here is the proper link: [URL=http://forums.originaldissent.com/showpost.php?p=63748&postcount=8]Post 8[/URL]
2003-10-25 02:00 | User Profile
I presume that the arrested aliens will be charged with disrupting the case-load-based Budgets of their respective County Welfare Agencies?
2003-10-25 02:38 | User Profile
[QUOTE=kminta]I presume that the arrested aliens will be charged with disrupting the case-load-based Budgets of their respective County Welfare Agencies?[/QUOTE] It is apparent that the criminal mexican illegal aliens will be dealt with accordingly, and Wal-Mart is forced to acknowledge their hiring practices include hiring criminal mexican illegal aliens.
Wal-Mart will fire those criminal mexican illegal aliens and this will open up jobs for lawful Americans. This will help send the message that criminal mexican illegal aliens are not welcome to flout our nation's laws.
2003-10-27 02:03 | User Profile
[QUOTE=golfball][url]www.ardemgaz.com/WebExtras/Show.asp?ID=1453[/url]
[SIZE=4][COLOR=Red][B]Government arrests illegal immigrants at Wal-Mart stores[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]
WASHINGTON (AP) ââ¬â Federal officials arrested more than 300 illegal workers at 61 Wal-Mart stores - including Arkansas - early this morning and searched the Bentonville, Ark., office of one of the retail chainââ¬â¢s corporate executives. The workers arrested were members of cleaning crews the company hired through a contractor. All were people in the country illegally, said a federal official on condition of anonymity. The arrests occurred as the workers were finishing their night shift and took place at 61 stores in 21 states. The people arrested were detained at local immigration offices, the official said. If they had no previous criminal record, they were released with notices to appear before immigration judges.
Arrests were made in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. The arrests stem from a November 1998 investigation done in conjunction with the Pennsylvania attorney generalââ¬â¢s office. In that investigation, officials also targeted contractors and subcontractors used by Wal-Mart to clean stores. Employers are required to check forms known as I-9ââ¬â¢s, filled out by every new employee, and keep the forms for a specified period of time. An employer can face civil and criminal penalties if the employer knowingly hired illegal immigrants or doesnââ¬â¢t comply with the I-9 regulations.
Read tomorrowââ¬â¢s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
Thank you for coming to the Web site of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. We're working to keep you informed with the latest breaking news.[/QUOTE]
What the hell are you talking about? This was a dog and pony show put on by ZOG to dupe the public into believing illegal immigration is being dealt with. It has nothing to do with "activism."
2003-10-27 15:39 | User Profile
[QUOTE=W.R.I.T.O.S]What the hell are you talking about? This was a dog and pony show put on by ZOG to dupe the public into believing illegal immigration is being dealt with. It has nothing to do with "activism."[/QUOTE]
I'm afraid I have to agree here. 300 whole illegals, only 90 of which were mestizos? Hardly a ringing defeat for the Open Borders crowd. 90 brand-new illegal mestizos probably slithered across the border during the time it took me to type this reply.
As for Wal-Mart being "forced to acknowledge their hiring practices include hiring criminal mexican illegal aliens," well, I haven't noticed any slowdowns in sales at the Wal-Marts in my area on this account. A few carefully-worded press releases from Wal-Mart HQ, and the whole thing will be forgotten.
WRITOS is right -- this is less than a drop in the bucket. Little more than street theater to give the masses the impression that illegal immigration is under control. It isn't.
2003-10-27 17:02 | User Profile
When we place a fire under the butts of our elected officials through constant political activism aimed at curbing and eventually stopping the tide of illegal immigration, the politicians act upon it.
Beats the crap out of doing nothing at all, don't you think?
Maybe you don't.
However, I am starting to see results that are positive, and that is 90 illegal mexicans that are now observed and ready for deportation, PLUS, Wal-Mart will take the necessary action to examine past employment histories and legal status of it's employees.
I see a positive precedent established here. Now we encourage other companies to capitalize on this action and examine their employees for the same violations. Here is a list of some things that may interest even you.
[SIZE=5][COLOR=Red][I][B]What Is Considered An Illegal Activity Under Immigration Law?[/B][/I][/COLOR][/SIZE] Here are some examples of the most common violations of United States Immigration laws: Examples (This is not a complete list of violations.) [list] [*]filing false statements on applications or petitions
[*]making a false claim that you are a United States citizen
[*]making, altering or using counterfeit immigration documents
[*]making, altering or using counterfeit documents to support immigration applications or petitions
[*]failing to report the arrival of illegal aliens
[*]assisting or encouraging aliens to come to the United States in violation of the law
[*]harboring an illegal alien
[*]knowingly employing aliens who do not have permission to work in the United States
[*]recruiting or referring for a fee aliens who do not have permission to work in the United States
[*]failing to complete and maintain immigration Form I-9 for all new employees, whether citizens or aliens
[*]failing to depart the United States when ordered removed (deported)
[*]entering or attempting to enter the United States at a time or place which is not authorized
[*]attempting to enter the United States by misrepresenting (lying about) material facts
[*]entering into a marriage to circumvent the immigration laws
[*]entering or attempting to enter the United States without permission after having been removed (deported)
[*]assisting an alien to enter the United States for prostitution or other immoral purposes
[/list]
This page can be referenced at: [url]www.immigration.gov/graphics/shared/howdoi/illegal.htm[/url]
Wal-Mart and many other employers are out and out lawbreakers. These out of control companies should be brought to heel and observe our current laws.
This is more than a horse and pony show, but enjoy it anyway.